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Regional Diversity:

  • 88% of student body from outside the state of Maine
  • 3% of student body from outside the US.

Gender Ratio:
  • 51% Female
  • 49% Male


Student Resources

Multicultural Life

The Multicultural House and Russwurm African American Center

Student Organizations
Socio-economic Make-up of Students
  • 17% of students applying for financial aid at Bowdoin have family incomes below $60,000.
  • 12% of students at Bowdoin receive Federal Pell Grants, which mostly go to students whose family incomes are below $40,000.
  • See Bowdoin's profile on College-insight.org


Racial Diversity of Undergraduates:
  • African American: 6%
  • Asian American: 12%
  • Caucasian: 69%
  • Hispanic: 7%
  • International: 3%
  • Native American: 1%


Articles and Interesting Tidbits
  • A Bowdoin student writes about financial aid and socioeconomic diversity at Bowdoin and the experience of lower-income students. Read the article in The Bowdoin Orient.
  • Bowdoin has been listed as having the highest yield of Black students out of the 24 liberal arts colleges investigated by The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Read more about racial diversity at Bowdoin.
  • Read about the vastly different life experiences of Bowdoin students in a series written for their student newspaper, The Bowdoin Orient.


Rankings:

  • Ranked #7 for "Economic Diversity Among Top-Ranked Schools: Liberal Arts Colleges" in the 2010 US News rankings.